Small-Business Predictions for 2011: Robots!

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- We will never know why one year is more important than the next. Years, after all, are some of the most meaningless numbers there are. But for small businesses, the next 12 months are shaping up to be some of the dynamic, dramatic -- and probably destructive -- in recent memory. This will be the year truly fast 4G wireless networks from VerizonVZ, SprintS and T-Mobile will become major market tools. Business process software giants such as IntuitINTU will see their markets exposed to a new generation of low- and no-cost alternatives. And even the legal profession will face stiff competition from cheaper, digital alternatives. This may also be the year you -- not some fictional star of 2001: A Space Odyssey or Alien or Terminator, but you -- will use a robot to help you make business decisions. Continue reading the article.